Bophuthatswana

STATUS: Independent Homeland of South Africa

PRONOUNCED: bo fu thought SWA nah

CAPITAL: Mmbatho

WORLD LOCATION: Southern Africa

FIRST LICENSE PLATES IN USE: 1974

MOTOR VEHICLES CURRENTLY REGISTERED:  Approx. 52,000

PLATES ARE: Owner provided, but most are of a standard design. Black/yellow South African design, with any of the following prefixes: YB, YBA through YBX (no YBP).

Non-passenger types are as follows:

Official Vehicles - same as passenger, but with a suffix letter (or letters). There are many different suffix codes.

Police Vehicles - red on white with YBP prefix

Armed Forces - white on black, with a T prefix.

SINGLE PLATES OR PAIRS: Pairs

OVAL: ZAF   ISO: ZA

CARS DRIVE ON: Left

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